Flooded Iowa Sees Bridges Lost As Rain Persists
In southwest Iowa floodwaters rise with 21 bridges damaged or gone and two deaths reported. Creston and Mount Ayr see sun as Corning and Atlantic receive new rains. The Des Moines River remains near crest while Raccoon River stays high. forecast calls for more clouds and rain. Counties from Pocahontas to Humboldt report heavy totals with numerous towns showing flood impacts on crops roads and rail lines. Weather officials warn of continued high levels for several days.
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Iowa
Ark
Creston
Mount Ayr
Corning
East Nodaway
Weather Bureau
Clarinda
Atlantic
Tracy
Eldon
Raccoon River
van Meter
Bureau
Raccoon Valley
Raccoon
Ottumwa
Eddyville
Pocahontas
Fort Dodge
Jefferson
Decorah
Rockwell City
Spirit Lake
Alta
Estherville
Sac City
Perry
Carroll
Waterloo
Forest City
Ames
Cherokee
Iowa City
Omaha
Charles City
Marshalltown
Iowa Falls
Inwood
Sioux City
Davenport
Burlington
Keokuk
Charles D. Reed
Madrid
Iowa City News Special to The Gazrtte
The University of Iowa summer management course lists two Canadian engineers Arthur Bradshaw and Robert C Hartwell from York Knitting Mills Woodstock Ontario attending to study production management and time and motion. Approximately 75 embryo lawyers completed the written Iowa state bar exam in Des Moines including 66 UI seniors and seven other graduates. A University of Iowa Sigma Nu fraternity tax appeal challenges a 19000 valuation on the house as excessive and discriminatory.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Arthur Bradshaw
Robert C. Hartwell
York Knitting Mills, Ltd
Woodstock
Ontario
CAA Reports Pilot Of Plane In Crash Violated Nine Rules
WATERLOO AP E N here Wednesday that Walter Fox 28 Waterloo was violating nine rules of the bureau a light airplane went into a rage near Waterloo Sunday. Cox and Clifford Craft 28 of near Waterloo a passenger were killed. Included in the violations listed by Townsend were flying without a license flying with dual controls in operating position and flying acrobatically with a ce without parachutes the minimum altitude and over a crowd. Townsend and two other federal investigators concluded their inquiry Wednesday.
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E. N
Walter Fox
Cox
Clifford Craft
Townsend
Ace
McGregor couple mark golden wedding with family gathering
Mr and Mrs William Schneider of Marquette celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a Sunday family dinner and open house for friends. Their three daughters and their husbands and eight grandchildren attend, along with relatives from McGregor Utica Mo and Marquette.
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McGregor
William Schneider
Marquette
Herman Cooks
Robert
Marie
Eleanor
Alice May
Robert Stottlemyer
Utica
Jack
Alva June
Joy Mbrie
William Trenkler
Patricia
Schneider
Matilda Moody
Moody
David Moody
Mr. Schneider
Kendallville
Ind
Milwaukee Railroad
Montezuma Farmer Killed in Auto Collision
Elmer Kirk about 50 a farmer near Montezuma was killed Wednesday and his wife seriously injured when his automobile collided with a patrol car driven by Iles Frazier another local resident Frazier was not injured.
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Montezuma
Elmer Kirk
Kirk
Iles Frazier
Frazier
Larson Chosen Iowa NLDP President Turns Page in Postmasters
Mrs Ida E Larson of Swee City was elected president of the Iowa branch of the National League of District Postmasters. She succeeds Ivan D Henderson of Charlotte. L S Gambs of Smithland was reelected first vice president, George P Rounds of Clermont as second vice president, and W S Olexa of Batavia as secretary treasurer.
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Marshalltown
Ida E. Larson
Swee City
Iowa
National League of District
Ivan D. Henderson
Charlotte
L. S. Gambs
Smithland
George P. Rounds
Clermont
W. S. Olexa
Batavia
War Department approves 7.2 million Burlington plant expansion
The War Department authorized a 7.2 million expansion plan to increase facilities at the Iowa ordnance plant in Burlington, Iowa. Details of the expansion were not disclosed.
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Washington
War Department
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burlington
720 Register For Boys State Camp Starting June 15
A total of 720 boys have registered for the Hawkeye Boys State camp at the Iowa State fairgrounds June 15 to 22. It is the largest enrollment in the camp’s history, allowing 12 counties and 24 mock governments. Jordan Larson directs, Ray Donels leads athletics, Tom Norris is chief counselor, Roy Hefti handles band, Paul C. Taff oversees food, and Dr. George Watters conducts physicals. The Legion sponsors the program to teach government principles.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Jordan Larson
Dubuque
Ray Donels
Iowa State College
Ames
Tom Norris
Manchester
Roy Hefti
Johnston Ee
Paul C. Taff
Iowa State
George Watters
The
Legion
How It Was Named Lincoln Iowa Town
The village of 167 in Tama County Iowa faced a naming dilemma. Initial choices Spencer Augusta Berlin were rejected or altered by clerks and neighbors. World War I patriotism then settled the settlement name to Lincoln after the township in which it lies.
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Lincoln
Tama County
Iowa
Spencer
Augusta
Berlin
Scotland
Three-Truck Pileup Caused By Cattle On Highway 13
Two injured, three trucks damaged, four cattle killed on Highway 13 near Manchester after Clarence Milroy’s northbound truck hit roaming cattle. Milroy and Gerald Boone suffered injuries. Mrs Boone and Milroy’s head injuries noted. Traffic controlled by Sheriff Anderson for hours.
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Manchester
Clarence Milroy
Delaware
Lloyd Deuel
Lamont
Deuel
Gerald Boone
Coggon
Iowa Fatal Highway Accidents Highlight 1940 Data
A Des Moines AP report summarizes Iowa Highway Accident Facts showing a fatal crash every 16 hours and an injury crash every 44 minutes in 1940. The state safety book notes costs, pedestrian risks, months with most fatalities, and that 25 to 44 year olds accounted for the most deaths.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Public Safety Department
May
Colors In S. U. S. Art Bldg. Intended To Keep Students From Sleeping
In Iowa City the university painted the art building in bright colors to counter the dull institutional look and to prevent students from dozing in study halls, an idea noted by authorities.
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Iowa City
Girl’s Assailant Escapes Then Is Caught by Police
ALGONA AP A man who allegedly forced a 10 year old girl into a car fled town after a chase. Walter Stewart fired at Simonson’s car twice and hit it once. State Officer Max Studer and Deputy Sheriff Ralph Lindhurst arrested him after a brief pursuit. Sheriff Art Cogley and R. W. Nebergall said Simonson signed a criminal statement and was bound over to the grand jury. The girl was beaten about the head but not seriously injured.
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Algona
Walter Stewart
Burt
Simonson
Max Studer
Kossuth
Ralph Lindhurst
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Art Cogley
Cogley
Fairfield Man Elected G A R Leader in Iowa
The Iowa department of the G A R closes its sixty seventh encampment with Elliott P. Taylor elected commander and J Neuman named junior vice commander. New officers also include J M Gudgel senior vice commander T J Noll assistant adjutant general and officers for the auxiliary and Woman's Relief Corps.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Elliott P. Taylor
J. Neuman
J. M. Gudgel
Shenandoah
T. J. Noll
Moines
William H. Earnest
Seymour
James P. Martin
Sutherland
George Bushnell
Cedar Rapids
Mark H. Morse
Wyoming
Sons of Union Veterans
Marie Shope
Emma Ertel
Marshalltown
Melissa Harrington
Davenport
Zella Russell
Fairfield
Mabel Comfort
Blanche Renner
Hattie O'Neil
Emma Alstrand
Fort Dodge
Anna Reynolds
Iowa Falls
Hattie Conn
Newton
I and I
Henrietta Vandenburg
Sioux City
Woman's Relief Corps
Nora Reinhardt
Waverly
Victory
Mount Union
Ruth Jr
Edna Widdrington
Mary Shipp
Mount Pleasant
Marie Baker
Washington
Grace Heign
Sheldon
Elizabeth Leech
Bloomfield
Effie Jinks
Washington County approves 48000 bond for hospital addition
Washington County voters approved a 48000 bond for an addition to the county hospital by 1016 to 537. Sixty five percent supported the measure, five points above the required threshold, as a revision of Iowa laws tied the special election after a prior 1940 June primary vote was voided by a technicality.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Iowa
Manley Retires From Iowa Liquor Commission After Seven Years
Bernard E. Manley, a key figure in Iowa liquor control, ends seven years as liquor commissioner. He returns to Clear Lake with health concerns cited for not seeking a further term. R. F. Swift succeeds him July 1. Manley led the state store system born in 1934, oversaw 175 stores with payroll around 700, and promoted conservative pricing to curb excess consumption.
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Bernard E. Manley
Des Moines
Iowa
Manley
Clear Lake
R. F. Swift
Harlan, Ia
Commission
Harold M. Cooper
Marshalltown
Dick Lane
Davenport
Lane
Herring
Ley
Hartley
Co Inventor of Farm Tractor Dies at 73 in Los Angeles
Charles H. Parr 73, co inventor of the Hart Parr tractor, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He helped develop the first gasoline tractor in 1902 and the first known method of burning kerosene to cut fuel costs. The Hart Parr Tractor later merged with Oliver Farm Equipment, with the plant remaining in Charles City employing 800 to 1,000 workers.
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Charles City
Charles H. Parr
C. W. Hart
Los Angeles
Hart-Parr
Oliver Farm Equipment Company
West Union Council Advances Sewage Modernization Plan
West Union city council approved plans to modernize the sewage disposal plant and extend sewer mains to every dwelling. The estimated project cost is 63 300 dollars, with about 45 000 funded by general obligation and 18 000 by special assessments. final action on the resolution of necessity and objections hearing is set for July 7.
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West Union
Chamberlain to lecture at Grinnell Institute
William Henry Chamberlain renowned journalist and writer on Far Eastern affairs will deliver five lectures at the Grinnell Institute of International Relations June 12 to 21. Topics include Aims of the Belligerents, Implications of the Axis Partnership, Plans for Future World Government, The Next Peace Treaty, and What of Future World Order Can Civilization Survive plus Asia.
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William Henry Chamberlain
Grinnell Institute of International Relations
Chamberlain
The
League Women Voters
Asia
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